On This Day

Wilt Chamberlain the NBA's best paid player, scored 43 points and 28 rebounds in his NBA debut as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The Confédération Européenne de Volleyball or CEV, the continental governing body for volleyball, beach volleyball and snow volleyball in Europe was founded.

Game three of the 1992 World Series was played at the SkyDome in Toronto Canada, the Blue Jays beat the Braves 3-2, it was the first World Series game played outside the USA.

After the team lost the World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the New York Yankees fired manager Casey Stengel, who won 7 championships.

The underdog NY Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game 5 at Shea Stadium to win the World Series 4-1.

As a powerful protest, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze winner John Carlos showed a raised fist on the podium after the 200 m race at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Bill Russell was designated as player-coach of the Boston Celtics, in his coaching debut he led the Celtics to victory.

The first ABA game was played between the Oakland Oaks and the Anaheim Amigos, the game introduced the red, white and blue ball and used the 3-point field goal.

The Seattle SuperSonics got beaten 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena in Seattle's first NBA game.

Lou Gehrig had 173 RBI's in 1927 and was voted American League MVP, the rules at the time said previous winners were ineligible, ruling out Babe Ruth.